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Deuteronomy 14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Forbidden Practices
14 “You are sons of the Lord your God;(A) do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head[a] on behalf of the dead,(B) 2 for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own possession(C) out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
Clean and Unclean Foods
3 “You must not eat any detestable thing. 4 These are the animals you may eat:
the ox, the sheep, the goat,
5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer,
the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope,
and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud. 7 But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these:
the camel, the hare, and the hyrax,
though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves—
they are unclean for you;
8 and the pig, though it has hooves, it does not chew the cud—
it is unclean for you.
You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.(D)
9 “You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales, 10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales—it is unclean for you.(E)
11 “You may eat every clean bird, 12 but these are the ones you may not eat:
the eagle, the bearded vulture,
the black vulture, 13 the kite,
any kind of falcon,[b]
14 every kind of raven, 15 the ostrich,
the short-eared owl, the gull,
any kind of hawk,
16 the little owl, the long-eared owl,
the white owl, 17 the desert owl,
the osprey, the cormorant, 18 the stork,
any kind of heron,
the hoopoe, and the bat.[c](F)
19 All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. 20 But you may eat every clean flying creature.(G)
21 “You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a temporary resident living within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
A Tenth for the Lord
22 “Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields. 23 You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell,(H) so that you will always learn to fear(I) the Lord your God. 24 But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far away from you and since the Lord your God has blessed you, 25 then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the Lord your God chooses. 26 You may spend the money on anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with your family. 27 Do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.(J)
28 “At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your gates. 29 Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come, eat, and be satisfied.(K) And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.(L)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 14:1 Or forehead
- Deuteronomy 14:13 Some Hb mss, Sam, LXX; other Hb mss, Vg read the falcon, the various kinds of kite
- Deuteronomy 14:18 The identification of some of these animals is uncertain.
Deuteronomy 14
The Message
Deuteronomy 14
The Message
14 1-2 You are children of God, your God, so don’t mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead. You only are a people holy to God, your God; God chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure.
3-8 Don’t eat anything abominable. These are the animals you may eat: ox, sheep, goat, deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, mountain sheep—any animal that has a cloven hoof and chews the cud. But you may not eat camels, rabbits, and rock badgers because they chew the cud but they don’t have a cloven hoof—that makes them ritually unclean. And pigs: Don’t eat pigs—they have a cloven hoof but don’t chew the cud, which makes them ritually unclean. Don’t even touch a pig’s carcass.
9-10 This is what you may eat from the water: anything that has fins and scales. But if it doesn’t have fins or scales, you may not eat it. It’s ritually unclean.
11-18 You may eat any ritually clean bird. These are the exceptions, so don’t eat these: eagle, vulture, black vulture, kite, falcon, the buzzard family, the raven family, ostrich, nighthawk, the hawk family, little owl, great owl, white owl, pelican, osprey, cormorant, stork, the heron family, hoopoe, bat.
19-20 Winged insects are ritually unclean; don’t eat them. But ritually clean winged creatures are permitted.
21 Because you are a people holy to God, your God, don’t eat anything that you find dead. You can, though, give it to a foreigner in your neighborhood for a meal or sell it to a foreigner.
Don’t boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
22-26 Make an offering of ten percent, a tithe, of all the produce which grows in your fields year after year. Bring this into the Presence of God, your God, at the place he designates for worship and there eat the tithe from your grain, wine, and oil and the firstborn from your herds and flocks. In this way you will learn to live in deep reverence before God, your God, as long as you live. But if the place God, your God, designates for worship is too far away and you can’t carry your tithe that far, God, your God, will still bless you: exchange your tithe for money and take the money to the place God, your God, has chosen to be worshiped. Use the money to buy anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, or beer—anything that looks good to you. You and your family can then feast in the Presence of God, your God, and have a good time.
27 Meanwhile, don’t forget to take good care of the Levites who live in your towns; they won’t get any property or inheritance of their own as you will.
28-29 At the end of every third year, gather the tithe from all your produce of that year and put it aside in storage. Keep it in reserve for the Levite who won’t get any property or inheritance as you will, and for the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who live in your neighborhood. That way they’ll have plenty to eat and God, your God, will bless you in all your work.
Deuteronomio 14
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Deuteronomio 14
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Animales limpios e inmundos
14 »Ustedes son hijos del Señor su Dios(A); no se sajarán ni se rasurarán la frente[a](B) a causa de un muerto. 2 Porque eres pueblo santo para el Señor tu Dios(C); y el Señor te ha escogido para que le seas un pueblo de Su exclusiva posesión[b] de entre los pueblos que están sobre la superficie de la tierra(D).
3 No comerás nada abominable(E). 4 (F)Estos son los animales que ustedes podrán comer: el buey, la oveja, la cabra, 5 [c]el ciervo, la gacela, el corzo, la cabra montés, el íbice, el antílope y el carnero montés. 6 Y cualquier animal de pezuña dividida que tenga la pezuña hendida en dos mitades[d] y que rumie[e], lo podrán comer. 7 Pero estos no comerán de entre los que rumian o de entre los que tienen la pezuña dividida en dos[f]: el camello, el conejo[g] y el damán[h]; pues aunque rumian, no tienen la pezuña dividida; para ustedes serán inmundos. 8 El cerdo, aunque tiene la pezuña dividida, no rumia; será inmundo para ustedes. No comerán de su carne ni tocarán sus cadáveres.
9 »De todo lo que vive en el agua, estos podrán comer: todos los que tienen aletas y escamas, 10 pero no comerán nada que no tenga aletas ni escamas; será inmundo para ustedes.
11 »Toda ave limpia podrán comer. 12 Pero estas no comerán: el águila[i], el buitre y el buitre negro(G); 13 el azor, el halcón y el milano según su especie; 14 todo cuervo según su especie; 15 el avestruz, la lechuza, la gaviota y el gavilán según su especie; 16 el búho, el búho real, la lechuza blanca, 17 el pelícano, el buitre, el somormujo, 18 la cigüeña y la garza según su especie; la abubilla y el murciélago. 19 Todo insecto alado será inmundo para ustedes; no se comerá. 20 Toda ave limpia podrán comer.
21 »No comerán ningún animal que se muera(H). Lo podrás dar al extranjero que está en tus ciudades[j], para que lo coma, o lo podrás vender a un extranjero, porque tú eres un pueblo santo al Señor tu Dios(I). No cocerás el cabrito en la leche de su madre(J).
Leyes acerca del diezmo
22 »Fielmente diezmarás todo el producto de tu siembra[k](K), lo que rinda tu campo cada año. 23 Comerás en la presencia del Señor tu Dios, en el lugar que Él escoja para poner allí Su nombre(L), el diezmo de tu grano, de tu vino nuevo y de tu aceite, y los primogénitos de tus vacas y de tus ovejas, para que aprendas a temer siempre al Señor tu Dios(M). 24 Pero si el camino es tan largo para ti, que no seas capaz de llevar el diezmo por estar lejos el lugar donde el Señor tu Dios escoja para poner allí Su nombre(N), cuando el Señor tu Dios te haya bendecido, 25 entonces lo cambiarás por dinero[l], y atarás el dinero en tu mano e irás al lugar que el Señor tu Dios escoja. 26 Podrás gastar el dinero en todo lo que tu corazón apetezca: en vacas u ovejas, en vino o sidra, o en cualquier otra cosa que tu corazón[m] desee[n]; allí comerás en presencia del Señor tu Dios, y te alegrarás tú y tu casa(O). 27 Tampoco desampararás al levita que habite en tus ciudades(P), porque él no tiene parte ni heredad contigo(Q).
28 »Al fin de cada tercer año, sacarás todo el diezmo de tus productos de aquel año y lo depositarás en tus ciudades(R). 29 Y vendrá el levita, que no tiene parte ni herencia contigo(S), también el extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda que habitan en tus ciudades(T), y comerán y se saciarán(U), para que el Señor tu Dios te bendiga en toda obra que tu mano haga(V).
Footnotes
- 14:1 Lit. ni harán tonsura entre sus ojos.
- 14:2 O tesoro especial.
- 14:5 La identidad exacta de los animales en este verso es incierta.
- 14:6 Lit. pezuñas.
- 14:6 Lit. rumie entre los animales.
- 14:7 Lit. una hendidura.
- 14:7 O la liebre.
- 14:7 O tejón.
- 14:12 O buitre.
- 14:21 Lit. puertas, y así en el resto del cap.
- 14:22 Lit. semilla.
- 14:25 Lit. darás en dinero.
- 14:26 Lit. alma.
- 14:26 Lit. te pida.
Deuteronomy 14
New International Version
Deuteronomy 14
New International Version
Clean and Unclean Food(A)
14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, 2 for you are a people holy(C) to the Lord your God.(D) Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.(E)
3 Do not eat any detestable thing.(F) 4 These are the animals you may eat:(G) the ox, the sheep, the goat,(H) 5 the deer,(I) the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat,(J) the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.[a] 6 You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud. 7 However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you. 8 The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.(K)
9 Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales. 10 But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean.
11 You may eat any clean bird. 12 But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, 13 the red kite, the black kite, any kind(L) of falcon,(M) 14 any kind of raven,(N) 15 the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17 the desert owl,(O) the osprey, the cormorant, 18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
19 All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them. 20 But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.(P)
21 Do not eat anything you find already dead.(Q) You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God.(R)
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(S)
Tithes
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth(T) of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat(U) the tithe of your grain, new wine(V) and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name,(W) so that you may learn(X) to revere(Y) the Lord your God always. 24 But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25 then exchange(Z) your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. 26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink,(AA) or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.(AB) 27 And do not neglect the Levites(AC) living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.(AD)
28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes(AE) of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,(AF) 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment(AG) or inheritance(AH) of their own) and the foreigners,(AI) the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied,(AJ) and so that the Lord your God may bless(AK) you in all the work of your hands.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 14:5 The precise identification of some of the birds and animals in this chapter is uncertain.
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